ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Students Jenny Bonilla (left) and Tyler Haden visit one of four Día de los Muertos altars on display in the John Spoor Broome Library at CSU Channel Islands as part of a Día de los Muertos celebration Monday.

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ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Julia Escabosa, 24, of Camarillo, paints a skull mask in the John Spoor Broome Library Plaza at CSU Channel Islands as part of a Día de los Muertos celebration Monday.

ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Chicana artist Sandra de la Loza (left) and student Jenny Bonilla, 19, work on a sand sculpture Monday in the John Spoor Broome Library Plaza at CSU Channel Islands as part of a Día de los Muertos celebration.